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Mystery surrounds whereabouts of football scout Paul Mitchell, most recently of Tottenham Hotspur

Mitchell claims he's still at Tottenham Hotspur, but the club disagree, according to the Sun.

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of football scout Paul Mitchell, who was most recently on Tottenham Hotspur's books.

According to Friday's printed edition of the Sun (page 63), Mitchell is telling colleagues he has been placed on gardening leave by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, until the end of the upcoming January transfer window.

However, the same publication claims Spurs insist he is no longer on their payroll and is free to take on a new role elsewhere.

It adds that Mitchell, who worked alongside Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino at Southampton, irritated Levy when he initially threatened to quit the north London side amid outside interest.

This calendar year, the former Wigan Athletic and Milton Keynes Dons midfielder has been linked with clubs ranging from Nottingham Forest and Glasgow Rangers to Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.

In February, Spurs re-hired former scout Steve Hitchen, albeit in a different role to Mitchell.